Devon Nelson, a 31-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on August 22, 2020, in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. He was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head around 5 a.m. in the 100 block of North Mayfield Avenue and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled the death a homicide from the gunshot wound to the head.

Area Four detectives conducted the investigation. A 24-year-old man, Davonte Brown, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and identified as the person who fired the fatal shots. The case drew attention to ongoing gun violence in Austin and prompted sorrow and frustration among neighbors calling for more effective measures to address such crimes.

If anyone has information about Nelson’s death or witnessed events near North Mayfield Avenue that morning, please come forward to investigators.